US5227549A - Synthesis of 1,2-dichloroethane by ccl4 oxychlorination of ethylene - Google Patents

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US5227549A
US5227549A US07/835,868 US83586892A US5227549A US 5227549 A US5227549 A US 5227549A US 83586892 A US83586892 A US 83586892A US 5227549 A US5227549 A US 5227549A
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  • the present invention relates to the synthesis of 1,2-dichloroethane by oxychlorination of ethylene by means of carbon tetrachloride.
  • This oxychlorination reaction makes it possible to utilize the chlorine contained in the HCl.
  • French Patent No. 2,260,551 describes the oxychlorination of heavy chlorinated residues, namely, the reaction between these residues of ethylene and oxygen to produce perchloroethylene, trichloroethane, tetrachloroethane and D12.
  • South African Patent Application No. 71-5,781 published Mar. 27, 1972, describes a process for the oxychlorination of ethylene, to prepare a mixture of perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene.
  • the ethylene, the oxygen and the chlorine are passed over a fluidized bed catalyst based on copper chloride deposited onto a porous support, at a temperature ranging from 410° to 440° C.
  • the reaction is carried out in the presence of carbon tetrachloride originating from the recycling of the products exiting the fluidized bed.
  • the products exiting the fluidized bed are cooled to condense perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride.
  • the latter (CCl 4 ) is mixed with the feed gases (C 2 H 4 , Cl 2 and air) and is thus recycled to the fluidized bed.
  • the perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene constitute at least 50 mol % of the chlorinated products exiting the fluidized bed.
  • the amount of CCl 4 is constant and the CCl 4 does not accumulate. Its concentration does not exceed 10 mol % relative to the organic compounds charged into the fluidized bed, and this corresponds to a few percent relative to the total amount of the inlet gases.
  • the amount of chlorine, in the form of Cl 2 ranges from 40% to 75% of the chlorine-containing reactants introduced into the fluidized bed, about 2% to 8% is in the form of HCl and the remainder is organic chlorine-containing compounds (including CCl 4 ).
  • the atomic ratio of oxygen to carbon at the inlet to the fluidized bed ranges from 0.85 to 2. The overall result of this reaction, accordingly, is to produce perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene while consuming ethylene, chlorine (Cl 2 ) and oxygen.
  • a major object of the present invention is the provision of an improved process for the preparation of 1,2-dichloroethane (D12) and lesser amounts of its higher homologs, while consuming ethylene, CCl 4 and oxygen, according to the following reaction mechanism (2):
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of such improved oxychlorination process that utilizes the chlorine content of the CCl 4 .
  • CCl 4 is inevitably produced in too great an amount.
  • CCl 4 can itself be used as a source of chlorine in an ethylene oxychlorination reaction, namely, a mixture of CCl 4 , C 2 H 4 and O 2 (or air) can be passed over an oxychlorination catalyst to produce D12 and, in lesser amounts, its higher homologs such as trichloroethane and tetrachloroethane.
  • the present invention thus features a process for the synthesis of 1,2-dichloroethane, by contacting carbon tetrachloride, ethylene and oxygen with an oxychlorination catalyst at a temperature sufficient to form 1,2-dichloroethane, and thereafter separating said D12 from the products of reaction.
  • the subject reaction is carried out under normal conditions of oxychlorination in a fixed or fluid bed, over any catalyst based on alumina, silica magnesia or attapulgite and containing copper, but which may also contain the usual additives, potassium, magnesium and rare earths.
  • Suitable such catalysts are described, for example, in French Patents Nos. 1,555,518, 2,260,551, 2,063,365, 2,213,259 and 2,141,452, and European Patents Nos. 255,156, 257,561 and 176,432.
  • These catalysts generally comprise copper chloride deposited onto alumina of a specific surface area ranging from 50 to 450 m 2 /g and having a particle size ranging from 20 to 200 microns.
  • the amount of copper chloride, expressed as copper metal, advantageously ranges from 3% to 12% of the total weight of the catalyst.
  • catalysts comprising a mixture of the above catalysts and an inert material such as sand.
  • inert material such as sand.
  • the reaction temperature advantageously ranges from 220° to 450° C., in consideration that it is necessary to employ a temperature such that the conversion of the CCl 4 does not terminate at the Cl oxychlorinated derivative.
  • the pressure used advantageously ranges from atmospheric pressure to the usual upper limits for this type of process, namely, less than 10 bars.
  • the reaction is carried out in the presence of oxygen, most advantageously in the form of air.
  • hydrochloric acid with the starting materials.
  • the proportions of hydrochloric acid and carbon tetrachloride can vary widely, i.e., the reaction of the invention is between the two reaction schemes (1) and (2).
  • the feed of air (oxygen) and the feed of ethylene are adjusted to provide almost complete conversion of the ethylene and absence of HCl at the reaction zone outlet. This adjustment is known to the art of oxychlorination.
  • the proportion of CCl 4 and ethylene is such that the molar ratio CCl 4 /C 2 H 4 ranges from 0.4 to 1.6.
  • CCl 4 represents the sum of the number of moles of CCl 4 and one-quarter of the number of moles of HCl.
  • the proportion of oxygen and ethylene is such that the molar ratio O 2 /C 2 H 4 , the O 2 being expressed as air, ranges from 3 to 10. This indicates that a ratio of 5 signifies one mole of oxygen per mole of ethylene.
  • water vapor is added to the reaction mixture at the inlet to the catalyst bed, namely, the reaction mixture includes C 2 H 4 , O 2 (air), CCl 4 (optionally with HCl) and H 2 O.
  • the amount of water can vary widely and can range up to 2.5 moles per mole of CCl 4 at the inlet to the catalyst bed.
  • reaction products are recovered by means well known to the art of oxychlorination, for example cooling and condensing the less volatile products and separating them from the unreacted gases, followed by one or more distillations.
  • the residence times defined as the ratio of the volume of the catalyst (expanded, in the event of oxychlorination conducted in a fluid bed) to the feed rate of the reactants at the inlet to the bed at the reactor temperature are those typically employed in oxychlorination.
  • the height of the thus fluidized bed was 77 cm and the residence time was on the order of 12 seconds.
  • the gas exiting after condensation 31.27 Nliter contained 9.2% by volume of CO 2 and 12% by volume of oxygen. It was free of ethylene and was saturated with solvent at the temperature of 18° C.
  • the degree of conversion of the CCl 4 was 50% and that of the ethylene was 99.8%.
  • Example 2 The same reactor as described in Example 1 was used, but it was supplemented with measuring instruments typically employed industrially on-line in respect of the gases exiting oxychlorination reactors.
  • the reactants namely, air, hydrochloric acid, ethylene and carbon tetrachloride, were then introduced onto the same catalyst as described in Example 1.
  • the operating conditions, temperature, residence time and inlet flow rate of the reactants, as well as the flow rates of the excess reactants and of the products formed are reported in the Table below under the heading Example 2.
  • the degree of conversion of the CCl 4 was 47%, that of the ethylene was 99.8% and that of the oxygen was 79.7%.
  • Example 3 Using the apparatus described in Example 1, supplemented with the analytical instruments indicated in Example 2, two fresh experiments were carried out, of which the working conditions, entry flow rates of the reactants and exit flow rates of the excess reactants and of the products formed are reported in the following Table under the headings Example 3 and 4.

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